Jessica Fanzo is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Global Food & Agricultural Policy and Ethics at Johns Hopkins University, where she is the director of the Global Food Ethics and Policy Program. Before coming to Hopkins, she held positions at Columbia University, the Earth Institute, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the UN World Food Programme, Bioversity International, and the Millennium Development Goal Centre at the World Agroforestry Center in Kenya.

Steven James is the critically acclaimed, national bestselling author of sixteen novels. His work has been optioned by ABC Studios and praised by Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, the New York Journal of Books, and many others.

His pulse-pounding, award-winning thrillers are known for their intricate story lines and insightful explorations of good and evil. When he's not working on his next book, he's either teaching master classes on writing throughout the country, trail running, or sneaking off to catch a matinee.